The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1887-04-28
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citizens Of Asheville just now Ga
next Monday a Mayorand three All
dermen are to be elected, the Mayor
for two and the Aldermen for foul
years. This election involves very
much to thewelbeing our city The
administration ofour city, certainly
for the past five or six year has
contributed very greatly 70 il
splendid prosperity and the sra oi
progress upon which it has enter
tered. The good credit and the pro-
gressiye character of the city de.
pends very LARGELY upon the intelli,
gent, conservative character Of The
officers entrusted its adminisiration.
Any or all who may or could aspire
to these offices could be ben Of
|strietest personal iafegrity ~ iii
they possess not that enlightened
and progressive0 intelligence and
Judgment they would be. failures as
administrative officers. The char
acter for this intelligence must be
known or even then, an injury is in
flicted, at least for a time, upon that
confidence upon which our prosper
ity is based.
Asheville is fortunate in the pos
session OF number OF men, of both
political parties, too, who possess
the qualification necessary for a sate,
conservative administration, and
would promote rather than retard
the progress of the city. All of these
cannot be elected at one time; un-
der our constitution and laws we
can ony elect one Mayor, and, now,
three Aldermen. The nomination
Of any of them, we care not how Sc
lected, or by whom, or where, by
partizan conventions, or citizens
mass meetings will not please every>
body, or the immediate friends OF
disappointed aspirants. There must
be some yielding, by some one, or
many possibly, in any case, that is,
Is personal prejudicts can be laid
aside for the general Igood. Not to
.eacr.fice this prejudice or personal
preferences, simply means the turn.
ing over of our city, partially now,
two years later altogether, to ele
ments ofignorance if nothing worst.
Cau our citizens afford this? We
appeal TO the selfInterest, if no,higher
motive can be reached, Of our coed
people to consider well and seri-
ously this matter, and unite for the
best interests of our city.
The ticket headed by Hon. James
NJ. Gudger is composed of honest,
working, intelligent citizens.
It Is true il was selected by a
large meeting of the white Working
NOR Of ASheville; and a ladge num-
+ Der ot alE..o,. -. .oc.l ciisss. zas fee
agrieved they did not participate IL
that meeting. But, regardless ofall
this, the working men have put out
not only an intelligent, and honest
ticket, but one of decided strength.
1t represents not only different Sec
tions, but different intesests, all of
which ought to be, and must be rec
ognized in the selection of city Off
GERS. With this ticket, if elected,
and the present board, there will be
one lawyer, two merchants, two la
Dor representatives, one tobacconist,
one hotelist in control of the city
government. Why cannot our peo-
pie unite on this ticket? We st,b-
NIT to our people, the cEoice must
result either in this or in that which
is much more Objectionable. Can
those whose every interest is in-
volved in the continued good gov~
erment Of our city, afford to divide
in the face of positive, existing factsP
We submit this matter to the dis
passionate, patriotic judgment OF
our people.